[Big chapter, finally 600,000 words, ask for red tickets, ask for collection]

The section of the jade belt that enters the city from the West Water Gate is much wider than the east side, and the water surface reaches the inner city wall on the north side, and it is not until it reaches the urn city outside the Guide Gate that it narrows sharply. From the West Water Gate to the Guide Gate, this section of the Shuibei City is called Pingkang Ten Miles, and the Zhulou Painting Pavilion is continuous, and it is the residence of Youling Xiaosing.

On the other side of the jade belt hao, a courtyard house and the inn have the same owner not far from the Gaojia inn, and the courtyard of the three entrances is all blue brick houses, and two of them are later occupied and covered by the back of the house. The courtyard door is opened in the small corner of the southeast Xun position according to the feng shui of the merchants, the left side of the south chamber is not inverted, it is all a slip of the shop, the three stores are connected to the width of five zhang wide, although there is a back door connected to the courtyard but only one floor high, this is for the merchants to come can not peep into the courtyard situation.

According to the habit at this time, the female dependents of large families should live in Sanjin, but most of the courtyards in Haopan Street are adjacent to the back wharf, which is where the goods are usually put on and off. There are many flying bridges connecting the backyard to the song, and there are many painting boats lingering at any time on weekdays.

Master Gao was a little anxious at home at this time, he had already invited Fu Xiaofei twice, but since the hasty transaction last month, the envoy of the Bo Ni Kingdom refused to see him as if he was hiding from himself, and Master Gao, who had always been indifferent, had not met such a person who did not buy his own account for many years.

Holding up the ancestral home of the old man in Jiangxi, since his grandparents came to Guangdong to do business, and now he is also the number one person in the city of Guangzhou, his family in the front and back yard of the mansion, first he pawned to buy, borrowed the feng shui of this place for more than 20 years to launch a good profit, so the pawn bought after the expiration of the whole buy, and now it is ten years later, the three sons have grown up.

Although he has no fame, his three sons have all donated a prisoner, and the youngest one has already been admitted to Xiucai.

Gao's son and second son are now doing some chores in Nanhai and Panyu counties, and only the youngest son Gao Chongde has been cooking with him when he becomes an adult. The Fuping of the Gao family is opened in the sixth house at the intersection of Haopan Street, and the huge courtyard is backed by the jade belt Hao, and the ordinary boats can directly put the Fuping dock when they come in from the West Water Gate.

At the beginning of last month, two Bo Ni tribute ships and Siamese tribute envoys arrived in Guangzhou, this Bo Ni country has not been tribute for many years, it is rumored that its country is in the south of Luzon, Gao Lao Shi expected that the left is just some Nanyang spices, since the goods you want have been traded in the Siam Gong Embassy a few days ago, this just need to look at the reality. Master Gao's business in Guangzhou is not small, and the officials in Fuli and Province have deep-rooted connections, and many landowners still have dry shares in Gao's business, or even through the vassal kings of various places and the imperial relatives and Da Jue of the two capitals.

The Gao family's business is connected to Fujian and Shandong in the north, and Annam and Siam in the south.

It is that if you have just been stopped and interrogated by the inspection of Haidao, the steward of the Fuping will receive the news after a few hours, and according to the usual practice, Master Gao will send the familiar Yaxing to Huaiyuanyi to investigate the business, but this time he intends to let his son experience and let Gao Chongde go with his personal companion in person.

How many years has Guangzhou's city shipping department experienced, since the Tang and Song dynasties have never been cut off, the interests of all parties involved in the local big business, Gaojia District can be developed in 20 or 30 years or because I am willing to make friends with the powerful, and the profits for the local nobles have always been generous, although the sea trade is quite profitable, but most of the Gao family's income is used in the official dots, although it is not famous in the market, but in the officialdom of Guangzhou is a number one person.

Gao Ju originally thought that the newly arrived Bo Ni tribute ship was just the same as the ordinary tribute envoys, nothing more than those in the Nanyang also merchants and thieves under the banner of a small country to do some business in the Ming Dynasty, others may not know, but Gao Ju has been operating in the sea trade for a long time, he is generally clear about the situation in the South Seas, Xiyi has never seen the tribute envoys of the Bo Ni country for decades since the occupation of Luzon.

Moreover, he had already known the situation on the two ships through the officials of the sea lane, and there were more than sixty people on the two ships. It is necessary to know that the maritime merchants of the ocean, one is to save as much water as possible, and the other is to load more goods, the size of the ordinary short-distance sea ship is thirty or forty people, and the long-distance ocean often has fewer sailors. It is not clear how much the distance from the Bo Ni Kingdom is here, but at least it is still more than that of Siam, and more importantly, the goods on this ship are full when they arrive at the port, and it is necessary to know that even if the two tribute ships of Siam came to unload some goods outside Youyu Island, he naturally knows these with the eyes of Master Gao, so the goods on the Bo Mu ship do not seem to be very attractive, and the private merchants along the way have no idea is proof.

It was not expected to be half a day, but he saw his son hurriedly running back to see him, and he came back with Liu Jingye, who often walked around with Fuping, Gao Chongde said that he saw the strange goods brought by the Bo Ni Gong envoy in Huaiyuanyi, and he did not dare to specialize, so he had to pull the economy Liu Jinggui, who was familiar with the economy on weekdays. That Liu Economy is doing old business with the merchants, but he has never seen such a novelty, and after discussion, he was afraid that he would be preempted by other families, so the two hurried back to Gao's house to report the news.

By the time Master Gao personally went to Huaiyuanyi and rushed back to Fuping, it was already night, and the city gate was about to close, but he still felt that it was worth it for the reckless exaltation of the day.

The meeting more than a month ago is still fresh in his memory, even when he went to the post house, there was no second business to find the tribute envoy of the Bo Ni Kingdom, which naturally had Liu Jingye's care for the steward in the post station, and it was indispensable to spend some money.

In the past, the tribute ships of Siam and Annam all arrived early, and the goods were full of sumac, pepper, spices and exotic birds and beasts, as well as some silk produced in Siam. Moreover, the amount of goods traded in the tens of thousands of taels of silver this time was in the peak trading season, and the supply exceeded demand during the peak trading season. It was a late Boni tribute boat that did not arouse much interest from the local merchants, but the steward in the post house was asking.

And the embassy was only coming to the Ming Dynasty's government, and he didn't know the way of the private businessmen, although there were small boats along the way to ask for help, but they were all rejected by Fu Xiaofei and others, so Xu Chongde was the first to come to the post house, which left a chance for Master Gao.

On the day when the Gao family boy came, Fu Xiaofei and a few people wanted to try their skills in the trade in Guangzhou City, and the goods they brought were not only drawn and bought by the officials, but also many of the glassware at the bottom of the box, all of which were trial works of the Brunei factory.

Fu Xiaofei calculated at the time, compared to the production cost of Jiabaogang Glass Factory, this price is indeed a huge profit, although I also know the price of glass products at this time, but after all, I have to leave profits for others, and I am not familiar with the life in this Guangzhou city, and I have to rely on the distribution of merchants, this time it is only the first time that I have suffered some losses.

But more goods, such as vanity compacts, small mirrors, glasses, and even kerosene lamps, were still on board, and they were not in a hurry to unload.

Gao Ju first took out ten mercury mirrors in the Fuping to test the water, but he didn't want to add a hundred taels to make a profit, and it was sold out in two days.

Although the value of this kind of mirror Gao Lao knows in his heart, but such a good market is also rare, and what is even more rare is that these self-proclaimed merchants from the Bo Ni country are good tribute envoys, but they are really as promised since then have not looked for other buyers, they claim to be the Song people who crossed overseas in the south, and have a foothold in Nanyang with good works, but Gao Lao has never heard of it, and he has asked the shopkeeper who goes to the sea and the general affairs on the Siamese ship in his trading house, and he does not know anything.

Since then, Master Gao sent people to Huaiyuan Yi every few days to invite them, but the Fu Gong envoy shirked it, I heard that those people also went to Foshan and Zhaoqing a few days ago, and they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

And today, the two tribute envoys finally agreed to come to the house to discuss the follow-up, and it seems that they have made up their minds, and they can save themselves in their understanding of the Guangzhou shopping mall, but since the two said that there are more samples to be brought together, he should also attach importance to it.

Today, of course, a family banquet was arranged, there are many restaurants in Guangzhou, and there are more painting boats in Baietan, but the transaction involved is a very confidential matter, and he does not dare to hold it up, and even the Youling Xiaosing in the ordinary Qinglou did not call first, just for fear of leaking the news.

When the sun was about to set, they finally waited for Fu and Gu, they had already had a meal and a good conversation with Ye Yiwei and his party in the afternoon, and it was strange that after coming to Guangzhou, except for the Gao family, they had not agreed to negotiate with any other local firm, but this time they showed the samples to Ye Yiwei and them, if they hadn't been interrupted by the autumn prisoner halfway, maybe they could have made some breakthroughs in the trade in the direction of Guizhou.

Maybe it's just out of the eye for the shopkeeper, but here Master Gao has already greeted him upside down, so he didn't think much about it, and discussed today's things first, so he can be regarded as laying a little foundation in Guangzhou.

The second floor of the main house of the third entrance is full of tables and chairs, and the representatives of both sides are also seated one after another.

The people hurriedly retreated downstairs after the refreshments were served and the lamps came, and as soon as the door was closed, they could not hear anything more.

"These glassware are exquisite, but the same thing is not a small number in Guangzhou City, and it is enough to give three taels of silver to this glass cup." It was Liu Economy who spoke first, and there was no reason to let Caidong do the white-faced drama.

Gu Ziming was not polite, "What is the economy talking about, but the glassware of Rao Shuji next door to the Gaojia Inn?" ”

Fu Xiaofei didn't speak, but still let Gu Ziming in front, "The glass is also glass, but this color must have been seen economically, and the lead silver is also silver, and the people who have touched our door have pushed a lot in the past few days, and the teeth of the Liu family in Wendri and the Zhou family on Yangzhong Street have come more than three times." ”

The corners of Gao Ju's mouth twitched, he thought that the two of them had not looked for another house for a long time because they were not familiar with the local situation, but now it seems that they came prepared, and the two families that he just said are big merchants in the new city, not slightly worse than Gao Ju, it seems that the people in this shopping mall are all dog-nosed, so the old fox had to run out to play a round.

"The goods of the two gentlemen are indeed good, but there are many places where local underwriting needs to be done, Liu Economy is not noisy with you, so I still have to look at the new samples before I can speak."

When the mercury mirror powder cartridge was taken out, his eyes lit up again, and he considered his words first, starting with other items and giving the price one by one.

"This glass cup is more common on the market, the noble things are good in the style of beautiful and complete, this pot of four cups can be sold for ten taels, and it will be cheaper if it is sold alone."

"As for this compact, twenty-two can't be more."

It's still just Gu Ziming saying, "This price is much cheaper than the previous mirror." ”

Gao replied: "This mirror is naturally bigger and more valuable. ”

Gu Ziming thought for a while and said, "Then according to Master Gao, if we bring a dressing mirror next time, we can give one or two thousand taels?" ”

"What is a full-length mirror?" This time, the father and son of the Gao family were stunned.

Fu Xiaofei said with a smile: "It's a mirror of equal size, which is used to dress up and wear in the morning." ”

Gao Ju was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Can you bring it this time?" ”

"I didn't bring it." Master Gao was disappointed when he heard this.

After Fu Xiaofei took out another kerosene lamp and lit the room as bright as day, Master Gao's mood became healthy again.

He asked, "What is this?" ”

"Kerosene lamps."

"Where's the price?" This thing has never been seen before, and it is very delicate, so it is naturally difficult to quote it yourself.

"One hundred and fifty taels." Gu Ziming gritted his teeth, he finally had the momentum of a seller, and the few kerosene lamps he brought this time were all trial products, but he believed that after returning to Brunei, the factory would already be able to process them in batches, although it was not yet a stainless steel shell, but it was enough to cope with the trade at this time. However, Gu Ziming looked at Gao Ju again without a half-painful expression, as if he felt that the price was completely acceptable, and he added with a burst of ruthlessness in his heart, "Kerosene is counted separately." ”

"Kerosene?"

As soon as the other party's momentum was short, Gu Ziming's nonsense opened his mouth and came, "This thing is like an oil lamp, how can it be lit without oil." Kerosene is produced in the extreme south, which is the best coal at the bottom of the sea, and when it expires, it floats on the sea, and it takes a lot of labor to collect it in a small boat, and this bottle of kerosene can fill ten pots of this lamp oil pot, and each pot can burn for more than three hours. ”

Master Gao calculated in his heart, and sure enough, his complexion changed, "In this way, it will only take thirty hours to calculate twenty taels." ”

"You can save a little and use it for a month." Gu Ziming added, one hour a day is two hours, and it is enough to read books or reconcile accounts all night, and it can be used for a longer time if you just go out to take a look.

This time, Gao Ju didn't ask again, but just said stupidly: "After all, it's a little expensive, and twenty taels of silver are enough to buy a good maid." ”

You can also buy a general courtyard outside Zhaoqing. Gu Ziming was in his heart, he and Fu Xiaofei had basically figured out the situation around Guangzhou, but the price at this time was not good to use the standards of later generations to calculate, take this Guangzhou City as an example, out of the city of the Pearl River, such as the Gao family, the courtyard with a store is also around 100 taels, but this money is enough to buy a Sichuan sand wooden coffin from Sichuan. This year, there was a disaster, and the Guangxi refugees gathered in the Ximen Outsiders City could be exchanged for a handsome lady for a few stones, so there is really no comparison.

However, the business still needs to be discussed, and both parties are sincere, and in the end, the standard of the transaction is roughly negotiated. Most of the spices carried on the ship, such as sumac wood and pepper, as well as some scattered ivory, rhino horn and deer skins, were the spoils of the Senate's siege of North Borneo a few months ago. And the other glassware brought by the ship, a total of 800 sets of glass teapots and cups, 800 sets of glass dishes, all of which are 10 taels, 1,600 mercury mirror powder boxes, 20 taels each, which is another 48,000 taels, and the big head is 300 framed vanity mirrors, which have been sold for 30 sides to be held high, and the remaining 270 sides have been added 20 taels, according to the purchase price of 100 taels per side, Master Gao did not object.

Although the oil lamp was not sold, it also had the problem of kerosene, and it was not certain whether the fractionation of kerosene would succeed in this time, so it was not important whether it would be successful or not. There are also some Clark porcelain brought down from the Spanish ship, these things came out of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no natives in Guangzhou to buy this kind of export porcelain, and the amount is not much, and in the end only two thousand taels of silver were folded for Master Gao to find a merchant to deal with.

In the end, if the cargo on the ship was emptied, it would be 157,000 taels, not counting the previous thirty silver mirrors, just thinking about it, even if it does not count the political account and military purposes, the harvest of this tributary trip is not small.

Fu and Gu were making the next step, but they saw Master Gao touching a few wisps of rat whiskers and said, "I don't know how your people plan to trade, my Fuping doesn't have so much cash." ”